weli

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Middle English

Adjective

weli

  1. alternative form of wely

Old English

Noun

weli m

  1. alternative form of welig

Pipil

Pronunciation

Verb

weli

  1. (intransitive) to be able, can
    Niweli nitaketza Nawat
    I can speak Nawat (Pipil)
  2. (intransitive) to be possible.
    Ne pula weli mukwa uksituk ush tishkal ush shushuik
    Plantains can be eaten cooked, roasted, or unripe (green)
  3. (intransitive) may, auxiliary of possibility.
    Musta weli wetzi at
    It might rain tomorrow
  4. (intransitive) to know (how to do something, speak a language)
    Niweli semaya chiupichin Nawat
    I know just a little bit of Nawat

Conjugation

Conjugation of weli
tense singular plural
first second third first second third
naja taja yaja tejemet anmejemet yejemet
present niweli tiweli weli tiwelit anwelit welit
subjunctive ma niweli ma shiweli ma weli ma tiwelikan ma shiwelikan ma welikan
past niwelik tiwelik welik tiweliket anweliket weliket
perfect niwelituk tiwelituk welituk tiwelitiwit anwelitiwit welitiwit
future1 niwelis tiwelis welis tiwelisket anwelisket welisket
conditional niweliskiya tiweliskiya weliskiya tiweliskiyat anweliskiyat weliskiyat
pluperfect1 niwelituya tiwelituya welituya tiwelituyat anwelituyat welituyat
conditional perfect1 niwelituskiya tiwelituskiya welituskiya tiwelituskiyat anwelituskiyat welituskiyat
imperative (ma) shiweli ma tiwelikan (ma) shiwelikan

1 These tenses are not often heard in colloquial speech.

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin weli
Cyrillic вели
Arabic ولی

Etymology 1

from Persian ولی.

Alternative forms

Conjunction

weli

  1. but; however
    Synonyms: ýöne, emma

Etymology 2

from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Noun

weli (definite accusative welini, plural weliler)

  1. master, lord
  2. (Sufism) saint